'Article 15 is not the work of a hack, or of someone merely scooping a plot out of newspaper headlines.' 'It is a well-researched, clear-headed movie; but its findings have a purpose,' says Sreehari Nair.
The cloud kitchen market in India will hit $1.05 billion by 2023. Just 13% of the total market has been utilised so far.
She lived for two-thirds of her life in India, adopted its national cause and customs, and took an Indian passport. She served a prison sentence in Lahore as part of Gandhi's protests against an Imperial power which happened to be her motherland. Freda Bedi delighted in confounding accepted definitions of identity.
Leela may carry the buzz that it deals with a controversial subject, but there is nothing objectionable in the film, says Paresh C Palicha.
Young Indian entrepreneurs hope to share some of the limelight too at the Hyderabad event.
'I know this movie will be a superhit -- not because it's a Rs 600 crore budget or because we worked hard for more than three years on it.' 'It's because some movies have magic and some don't.' 'This one has that magic.'
'If we manage to transform even one homophobic person, that will be a victory for the film.'
Freaky Ali is painfully dull, warns Sukanya Verma.
Celebrating the Thalaiva's birthday.
'Whatever good he did, all his achievements were overshadowed by the perception of corruption and other things.'
You can proudly show these movies to the impressionable ones!
'I toh don't even understand making crores because I have never done such a commercially hit film in my life.' 'It's unbelievable for me.'
'Sadashivji said he did Hindi potboilers to keep his kitchen running. Marathi theatre was his life.' Bollywood pays tribute to Sadashiv Amrapurkar.
Twenty years ago, Aziz Mirza had the foresight to predict the great discord India would witness and revolt against, notes Sukanya Verma.
Ambassador T P Sreenivasan salutes India Abroad, the leading Indian-American newspaper for half a century, which ceased publication on March 30.
'What guides Monsoon Wedding through and through is Mira Nair's openness as a film-maker,' observes Sreehari Nair.
'Shastri told General Chaudhuri, 'I want to reach Lahore before they enter Kashmir'.' 'Today, many regard this initiative of Shastri as the first surgical strike.' A revealing excerpt from Dr Sandeep Shastri's Lal Bahadur Shastri: Politics And Beyond.
'Sonakshi Sinha, Imran Khan and other stars say MFF is their film festival. In reality, the festival belongs to Mumbaikars, who wait in long lines, rushing from theatre to theatre.'
'After Bharat Ane Nenu, I have been getting a lot of interesting scripts from the Telugu industry.' 'I would like to balance between Hindi and Telugu films.'
Mumbai received 231.4 mm rain in the last 24 hours, while Thane received 229.81 mm.
Sreehari Nair could not put up with turgid and self-serious ones like Super Deluxe and Gully Boy. His list of favourite Indian movies of 2019 contains just five names.
'The new Indian cinema has still not found its voice and identity. It's trapped under the deadwood weight of Bollywood and popular Indian cinema.'
'What seemed missing in Tumbbad was that screwiness, that kinkiness, which shades so many of our best parables,' observes Sreehari Nair.
Sukanya Verma recaps all the action at this year's MAMI.
Ananth Mahadevan takes on the audience.
It's all about the family at the Academy awards.
Yesteryear's heart-throb Shashi Kapoor will get the prestigious Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema. On this occasion, we reproduce Dinesh Raheja's nostalgia piece on the actor here:
'He has all the qualifications,' Shotgun insists.
'Even if your soldiers are Sunny Deol and Vicky Kaushal, Pakistanis are no Johnny Walkers.' 'The one lot who never takes them lightly is India's professional soldiers.' 'That's why they keep winning the real wars,' says Shekhar Gupta.
The latest updates from Bollywood!
'The news that the once dashing, absolutely handsome, utterly charming Shashi Kapoor is no more makes me feel terribly sad.' Aseem Chhabra, author of Shashi Kapoor: The Householder, the Star, pays rich tribute to the iconic actor.
An A-Z of Bachchanalia, the letters expanding into unforgettable bits of his filmography.
Three Delhi policemen have been attached to district lines after it was found that they allegedly let off a suspected Bhindranwale Tigers Force terrorist after allegedly taking money from him.
Priyanka Chopra is busy promoting Baywatch.
Her mommy has been busy as well, announcing 6 films at Cannes.
Alternating between brat and boy, deception and decency, Ishaan Khatter speaks with a passion that will be heard Beyond the Clouds, predicts Sukanya Verma.
'Kumbalangi Nights is a movie that respects women, but most importantly, it's a movie that loves them,' says Sreehari Nair.
'As a director, I am happy to take the blame because that's mine but I get blamed for everything.' Anurag Kashyap gets candid.
The UP CM didn't deign to attend the actor's nomination.
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